2022-11-21 205487

205487 - Custom text on SAP GUI logon screen

Version 13 Type SAP Note
Language English Master Language German
Priority Recommendations / Additional Info Category Consulting
Release Status Released for Customer Released On 23.02.2016
Component BC-SEC ( Security - Read KBA 2985997 for subcomponents )

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Symptom

You want to display a customer-specific text on the SAP GUI logon screen.

Other Terms

SAPMSYST dynpro 0020, logon, login, sign-on, sign on screen, logon screen

Reason and Prerequisites

Before Release 4.6, to do this, you had to modify the logon screen (program
SAPMSYST, dynpro 0020). As of Release 4.6, a modification is no longer
necessary.

Solution

As of Release 4.6, you can display a customer-specific text on the SAP GUI logon
screen. See the 4.6A release note BC_46A_LOGIN_INFO.

In transaction SE61, select the documentation class 'General text' (using input
help) and create a text with the name ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO in the system language
defined using the profile parameter zcsa/system_language.

Caution: If you use at least SAP_BASIS 740 and the corrections from SAP Note
1608882 and SAP Note 1727111 (see knowledge base article 1807872), the language
from the local GUI settings (SAP logon language) is used instead of the system
language.

If the text does not exist in the system language or SAP logon language, there
is no display.

Note that, on the logon screen, there is space for 16 lines of 45 fixed font characters
each (around 60 proportional font characters).

Header lines, which you can recognize on the basis of their format keys -
starting with 'U' - are highlighted.

You can also output icons at the beginning of lines using an icon code (e.g. @1D@ for
the STOP icon). The list of icons and codes is provided by the report RSTXICON.
Make sure that you enclose the hexadecimal codes displayed by the report using
two '@' symbols. The inclusion of text symbols is not possible. You cannot use
the 'Include -> Character' function for this use case.

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The creation/changing of this text requires a changeable system. For production

systems, we therefore recommend that you maintain the text in the upstream
system and then transport it. To do this, when you create the text, select a
transportable (customer) development package and save the active version prior
to the export.
The transport is carried out using the transport object R3TR DOCT
ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO.

The text can only be changed in the original system (see the TADIR entry R3TR
DOCT ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO). If you were to change the text in a non-original
system, a modified text would be generated, which cannot be meaningfully
displayed on the logon screen.

Caution - changed function as of Release 6.40

Other than the formatting options mentioned above for:

• headers ('U') and

• icons at the start of a line,

no further formatting options that were possible previously using SAPscript are
now available.

Warning message

If you modify the dynpro SAPMSYST 0020 (in earlier releases), note that you are
only allowed to add text elements.
Changes to the flow logic through the addition of subscreens, for example, force
a change to the program SAPMSYST.
You must strictly refrain from making any change to the system program SAPMSYST,
since this could cause serious problems (for example, dialog logon no longer
possible).

This document refers to

SAP Note/KBA Title

1807872 Pre-filled language field in the logon screen

365664 RF: SAPLogon Screen does not fit device screen size

335345 additional LOGON screen for SAPConsole

1800584 Correct components for F1 help display

1727111 Language preassignment on SAP LOGON logon screen

1608882 Logon screen and SAPLOGON language

160882 UDEF: Char. value assigmt screen is changed in size

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This document is referenced by

SAP Note/KBA Title

2937475 ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO - Is it possible to display a URL on the SAP GUI login screen?

2203234 Logon and System Information getting truncated on the ABAP http system logon page

1608882 Logon screen and SAPLOGON language

1800584 Correct components for F1 help display

335345 additional LOGON screen for SAPConsole

365664 RF: SAPLogon Screen does not fit device screen size

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